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ARTIST
LUXURIOUS BAGS
TITLE
Frayed Knots
FORMAT
LP
LABEL
TWISTED VILLAGE
CATALOG #
TW 1034LP
TW 1034LP
GENRE
ROCK
RELEASE DATE
1/18/2019
1990, Storrs, CT. Twisted Village heads
Wayne
and
Kate
are DJs at the local college station with
Tom Leonard
, guitarist in a local up-and-coming outfit called
St Johnny
. One day Tom slips Kate a cassette curiously titled
Luxurious Bags Of Vomit
, containing the first recordings of his basement one-man band. The tape turned out to be a glorious noise and scuzz rock racket falling somewhere between
Chrome
and early
Pussy Galore
. The TV heads flipped over it, and immediately offered to put out an LP. Tom thinks they are joking. Eventually he is convinced they are serious, and that cassette forms the basis of the 1991 debut LP from
Luxurious Bags
,
From Heaven To My Head
. This was followed by 1992's
Voluntary Lifelong Quarantine
as well as a CD combining both LPs. All sold briskly, as Tom's one-man act gained momentum. Also gaining momentum was his other outlet St Johnny. After a couple of singles and a UK album on Rough Trade, they were signed by
Thurston Moore
to DGC in the post-
Nirvana
rush. Tom stayed for the recording of their 1994 DGC debut
Speed Is Dreaming
, but soon found the band's new life as a major label act not to his liking. Tom was gone by the time the album hit the racks, and retreated to the basement to work full-time on Luxurious Bags' magnum opus. Recordings already started on 4-track cassette were transferred to 8-track reel-to-reel, and reworked endlessly. In early 1995, Tom declared the record finished, and delivered
Frayed Knots
as the third (and, as it turned out, final) album. While retaining much of the lo-fi noisiness of his earlier work,
Frayed Knots
had a wider range of influences shining through. Much of
Frayed Knots
had a strong melodic basis, showing echoes of
Dinosaur Jr
and
My Bloody Valentine
, while the final 10+ minute cut dissolves into
Terry Riley
-esque soundscapes. So satisfied was Tom with
Frayed Knots
that he called time on Luxurious Bags upon the album's release in 1995, becoming perhaps the only one-man band to ever break up with itself. He then joined
Major Stars
, where he remains to this day.
Frayed Knots
earned glowing reviews in the 'zines of the day, and legions of fans have long waited in vain for a follow-up. Many have also waited for a vinyl issue of the album (this being the mid-90s,
Frayed Knots
had come out only on CD). Twisted Village therefore present the first vinyl version of
Frayed Knots
, a mere 23 years after its first release. Housed in a full-size version of the original artwork is a glorious black vinyl slab, from which these timeless melodies will ooze out of your speakers with more mystery than ever. Right freaking on.
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